Developmental outcome of children with enlargement of the Cisterna Magna identified in Utero

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1486-1492

  Dror, Raheli ^a,b   Malinger, Gustavo ^c   Ben Sira, Liat ^d   Lev, Dorit ^c   Pick, Chaim G ^a   Lerman Sagie, Tally ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Macabi Health Services   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cisterna magna; Dandy Walker malformation; Developmental outcome; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESELL DEVELOPMENTAL SCHEDULES; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEABODY DEVELOPMETAL MOTOR SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISTERNA MAGNA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 75149152534     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808331358     Document Type: Article

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